The first MSW-to-fuels plant of Protos enters into FEED stage

 Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.


Protos Biofuels Ltd (Protos), an iniciative developed by Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (ABSL) and Greenergy, has announced that its first municipal waste to advanced biofuels project, located on the Protos site in the North West of England, has entered into the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase.

Petrofac has been appointed to deliver the FEED, with Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) to supply the gasifier that converts the household waste into synthesis gas (syngas). Proval will design the direct current plasma arc furnace that will be used to clean the syngas and Wood will licence its VESTA process that will convert syngas into biomethane and biohydrogen. The commercial scale Protos plant will incorporate ABSL’s RadGas process technology to produce grid-grade biomethane and biohydrogen from MSW.

Due for completion in 2025, the project will divert 150 ktons of household waste annually, the amount produced by a large town, from landfill and incineration, converting it into renewable low carbon fuel. By using waste as a feedstock, the plant will avoid 160 ktons of carbon dioxide emissions each year,

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